Chapter 1: In the Palace

"Xuanchu King Li Kuan is here!" A high-pitched and sharp voice came from the Lizheng Palace, and the little yellow door walked forward with Li Kuan, accompanied by the dull sound of opening the door, the vast hall space of the Lizheng Hall was presented in front of Li Kuan's eyes. The thick pillars of the garden are wrapped in vermilion lacquer, and all of them need to be hugged by two people to be able to hug them, and such trees are all created by nature for thousands of years. The selection of the pillars for the construction of the palace is unusually harsh, and the slightest bend is not qualified, and it took a lot of effort to find these thick trees in the first place. Even in the end, I went to dig the ruins of Daxing City in the former Sui Dynasty to find these ninety-five court pillars. Of course, this is because Datang was really poor at that time, and in order not to cause an unbearable burden to the people, he had to make this decision.

Li Erxiong stood on the throne, like a dragon looking down on the common people, an invisible majestic temperament flashed out between his eyebrows, and the entire Lizheng Hall was shrouded in his strong aura, which was a very mysterious feeling, it was formless and substantial, but it made people feel in their hearts that they were so small in front of the man on this throne. He held a yellowed book in one hand, the rice paper of this era was not as white and flawless as that of later generations, but all of them were faintly yellow, and more of them were written using silk and silk cotton, such a habit has continued among those high-ranking officials and dignitaries, and the female lyricist Li Qingzhao of the Southern Song Dynasty once wrote in her words, 'Who sends brocade books in the clouds, one is lovesick, and two are sorrowful.' It's a different kind of portrayal.

Li Kuan came to the Lizheng Hall and stood still: "The son of the minister to meet his father!" After so many years, he is used to calling his father, even if his mental age is the same size as Li Er. Li Er is still holding a book in one hand. One hand tapped lightly on the armrest of the dragon chair, without saying a word. It seems to be drawn to the book in his hand. Li Kuan just bowed down and maintained this posture. It's not that he doesn't want to move. Instead, he felt that Li Er was scanning him with the afterglow of his eyes, but the eyes that looked unintentional seemed to pierce his heart, making him dare not move. The biggest thing in this era is Li Er, although Li Kuan doesn't care, and even collided with Li Er in court, but at that time he had a reason to be tough, and now, he is a little lacking in confidence, after all, this time he went out to make trouble with the wind and rain. Left with a big mess. Even Li Kuan guessed that in his actions, another force was given a chance to insert tentacles into those families. And he himself is difficult to clean up this mess, and he can't be Li Er.

"Coming? Stand up straight! Li Er said calmly: "This time I went out, and I made a lot of movement!" You're a troublemaker! ”

Li Er's tone made Li Kuan breathe a sigh of relief, if Li Er blamed him, he really didn't know how to face it, looking at the way he was now, he had survived this hurdle. So he stood up. looked at Li Er on the throne: "Summoned by my father, I don't know what happened?" ”

"Now that you're back, it's time for that matter to be on the agenda, and I've decided to canonize you brothers again. After all, there are a few more boys who have grown up, and there is no title to say! Li Er said: "Everyone else has already decided, only you kid." I don't know what title to seal you! Kuan'er, you're still young, but you're only fourteen years old. But it also established a meritorious service, which is like me! When Li Er said this. Smiling.

"Don't give a reward! May I keep the current title! Li Kuan replied.

"Oh! Although the king of Chu is good, he is not the best prince title, you can think about it! Li Er said, looking at Li Kuan who was standing at the bottom of the steps with narrow eyes, and said so calmly.

"Erchen is already a prince, what title is not the same? And the few titled ministers above Chu don't like it very much! Li Kuan also replied humbly. This is the truth, there are only Qin, Jin, Wei and other titles above Chu, among which Li Er, the king of Qin, will never give it, and the king of Wei and the king of Jin are the fourth and ninth of the lineage, so Li Er is actually talking nonsense now, but he is just testing his ambitions.

"In that case, then I will depend on you, but after this canonization, you princes who have reached the age of fourteen will be vassals, and you will not be allowed to enter Beijing without my summons! You've figured it out! Li Er said.

"Erchen understands!" Li Kuan replied, although he still wanted to stay in Chang'an for a while, this time it was more than half a year, and the two little girls didn't know what was going on, but as soon as Li Er's words came out, he knew that there was no room for it, and as for whether the fourth Li Tai would be left in Chang'an like in history, he was very curious. He found that the current Tang Dynasty is very different from what is recorded in history, at least Li Xiuning is not dead, at least Li Chengqian has not become a cripple until now, at least Empress Changsun is in good health now, at least the sister named Li Lizhi is not married to Changsun Chong.

"There are so many things going on this time, you don't want to talk to me?" Li Er looked at Li Kuan, who looked like an echo worm below, a little unaccustomed, this kid has always been very assertive since he was six years old, why has he become so well-behaved and obedient now?

"Erchen has seen a lot and done a lot on this trip, but Erchen doesn't know how to talk about it, isn't Datang starting to change now, the people can be hungry and hungry, and cold and clothed, isn't this the prosperity of the ancient times? What does the father want his sons to say? Li Kuan pretended to be stupid, he really didn't dare to say it, could it be that he went out this time to blow up the head of the Zheng family in Xingyang, took the high-level of the Cui clan in Qinghe, and killed the pillar of the Taiyuan Wang family? These things can be known by the heart, but not by the mouth. Who doesn't know that this deep palace inner courtyard has the most undercover agents in the world?

"In that case, you go!" Li Er didn't say much, at least in his opinion, Li Kuan's doing this was in line with his heart, and if he really said it, it wouldn't end well. With a wave of his hand, Li Er saw that Li Kuan didn't ask anything substantive once, and he didn't say anything representative, just like the two fathers and sons met this time just to play a few dumb riddles.

Li Kuan bowed and saluted, and then withdrew from the Lizheng Palace, and as soon as he went out, his eyes were dark, and then a familiar voice shouted loudly: "Second brother, you villain, you don't take me with you when you go out to play!" ”

With these words, Li Kuan felt a slight pain in his body, and a fist smashed on his body and on his shoulder. The muscles in his body tensed at this moment, but then he reacted and relaxed, but it was too late, because he heard a coquettish cry: "Ah! Second brother, stinky second brother, why are you so hard? Like a rock! People's hands hurt! ”

"Yuzhang, you crazy girl, you have been tossing a lot during this time, right?" Li Kuan turned around and hugged the figure behind him, a gust of fragrant wind rushed into his arms, and Li Kuan felt the soft body of the little girl.

"Huh? You girl didn't eat well, she lost weight! It's really not true! Li said reproachfully, and at the same time stretched out his right hand, stroked the little girl's hair, and then gently pinched her upright nose.

"Second brother, you stinky second brother, you don't take others out to play, and you don't care if they eat?" The little girl was coquettish in his arms, and her mouth counted his no: "Go, go and sit with me, Sister Lizhi is waiting!" ”

The little girl broke free from Li Kuan's embrace as she spoke, and then took his hand and walked in the direction of the harem, Li Kuan couldn't help but smile and shake her head and follow. This palace back house is not something that ordinary people can enter, Li Kuan should actually avoid suspicion, but at this time, the little witch is on the rise, but she doesn't dare to sweep her interest, otherwise she will have to live on guard at any time in the future, this girl is always ready for the whole person!

The Lizheng Hall is far away from the Tibetan Jade Zhai of the two sons, and on the way, you have to pass by Li Kuan's original palace - pickle shop. The two brothers and sisters walked on the path of the imperial garden in the afternoon sunshine, Li Kuan looked at the osmanthus tree in full bloom, smelled the refreshing fragrance, and couldn't help but think of the scene back then. On the swing frame over there, Lizhi fell there, and on the lake over there, Yuzhang pushed himself down the lake in order to catch fish. This qiē was in his mind, but it was as if it was yesterday. It's just that the yellow traces of time are slowly starting to appear, and there is no going back.

"Let's go!" When passing by his former home, Li Kuan stopped and looked at the cold palace, feeling a little sad. Yu Zhang saw that his expression was wrong, so he deliberately drove him away in a coquettish voice, and pushed him behind his back with both hands to let him take a step. Feeling the intimate actions of the little girl, Li Kuan let go of these meaningless sorrows, hurriedly walked a few steps, and left here without even entering the door.

"Sister, come on!" Before Yu Zhang arrived in Zang Yuzhai, he began to snore and scream, and sent a message to Li Li.

"You crazy girl, you know how to come back! It's true, I was grounded by my father, and I still don't repent like this! A soft and soft voice came out, and then a pretty girl in a sky blue palace dress walked out of the door, and behind her, two little palace maids were following, waiting with her.

"Second brother......" Seeing the person standing at the door, Li Lizhi gently covered her lips with her hand and called softly.

"Liz, I'm back!" Li Kuan smiled at her and stretched out his hand to make a hugging motion.

"Second brother! Are you really back? Li Lizhi got into Li Kuan's arms like a milk swallow throwing into the forest, wrapped her hands around Li Kuan's neck, and muttered a question. It seems that I can't believe that since I was a child, she and this second brother have never been separated for so long, even if he went to the grassland that time, he only came back for more than four months, but this time he disappeared silently for more than half a year, and Li Lizhi misses him so much these days.

"See, if I hadn't gone to the Lizheng Palace to play, how would I have met the second brother? The second brother left the palace directly, humming ...... "Yu Zhang is showing off his exploits on the side.

"Yes, you have made a meritorious contribution this time, okay!" Li Lizhi lay in Li Kuan's arms for a while, then stood up straight, gently tapped Yu Zhang's head a few times with his index finger, and said.

"It's going to be stupid, you know? It's not good for you that I'm stupid! Yu Zhang screamed and roared at Li Liqian. The little one is like a little leopard, dancing with his hands. This made Li Kuan feel that he had taught this girl badly, why was she so unladylike! (To be continued......)